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Italy: The Tuscany Administrative Court on the difference between “most recently marketed” and “latest generation” medical devices

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With judgment No. 705 of 21 May 2022, the Administrative Court of the Tuscany Region upheld the complaint against the decision to award a tender for a framework agreement for the supply of coronary stents to the regional health service, under which tenderers were required to offer the “most recently marketed” device. In his regard, the plaintiff complained that the successful tenderer offered a product that was on the market for years, although the same product was in line with the technical requirements set out in the tender specifications.

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Singapore: Temasek and Cremer jointly invest SGD 6m in producing plant-based alternative proteins

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Singapore state investor Temasek, through its Asia Sustainable Foods Platform (ASF), and Cremer, a German agri-food multinational company, have jointly invested SGD 6 million to produce plant-based alternative proteins in Tuas, Singapore.
ASF and Cremer have formed the joint venture, Cremer Sustainable Foods, which will carry out pilots and demo-scale facilities for the joint venture’s first Singapore production facility.

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International: Off the Shelf Video Podcast – Sustainability and Green Innovation

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Consumers are demanding more from their brands and increasingly basing their purchasing decisions on the sustainability of products and companies. In response to this, the Baker McKenzie Consumer Goods & Retail industry group has produced the “CG&R and Sustainability Video Chat Series” in which experts provide short, practical insights into some of the legal considerations that companies need to keep in mind when undertaking green innovation.

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United Kingdom: The Consumer Duty – key changes in the final rules

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On 27 July 2022, the FCA published its highly anticipated final rules and guidance on the new Consumer Duty, ushering in a fundamental cultural shift in the way that regulated firms will approach and serve customers, and starting the countdown clock for implementation plans across the industry.

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International: TMT Talk Podcast Series – Episode 69 – The Evolving 5G Regulatory Landscape – Antitrust and Patents (Podcast)

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The fourth instalment of Baker McKenzie’s TMT Looking Ahead delves into 5G, which, with its high speed, ultra-low latency and ability to simultaneously connect multiple devices, continues to drive global business opportunities. 5G use cases are increasingly popular in all levels of infrastructure and across industries and, as such, continue to attract the scrutiny of governments and regulators. In this episode of TMT Talk, Raffaele Giarda, Stephen Crosswell, and Mackenzie Martin discuss the evolving regulatory landscape that applies to 5G, with a particular focus on antitrust and patents.

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Peru: Draft Supreme Decree proposing updates to certain technical parameters in processed foods is published for comment

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On 19 July, the Ministry of Health published for public comment a draft Supreme Decree that aims to modify the technical parameters for sugar, sodium and saturated fats content in processed foods that are contained in the “Regulation of the Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating for children and adolescents” and in the “Advertising Warnings Manual”.

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South Africa: Voluntary or voluntarily compulsory?

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This article, by Francis Mayebe, Candidate Attorney in the Tax Practice in Johannesburg and Virusha Subban, Head of the Johannesburg Tax Practice, looks at the criteria and guidelines for voluntary tax disclosure in South Africa. The article outlines a recent case, and analyses the meaning of “voluntary” within the context of the voluntary disclosure program in South Africa.

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Thailand: Sweepstakes Bill now in the public hearing stage

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At present, certain promotional activities (e.g., sweepstakes, raffle games or random premiums) are subject to the Gambling Act, B.E. 2478 (1935), which require the business operator to get permission from the Department of Provincial Administration. The Gambling Act regulates all sweepstakes activities with a strict and complicated permission system. The Office of the Council of State has now updated the requirements under the Gambling Act by passing the Bill on Sweepstakes Activities in the Course of Business or Occupation to reduce the strict procedures and difficulties for business operators in arranging these promotional activities.

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